Review on 💻 Renewed Apple MacBook Air (2017 Version) - 13in, 1.8GHz Core i5 CPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Silver - MQD42LL/A by Ryan Olsen

I need a laptop for a family member who streams videos, uses some favorite websites and has a large music and photo collection. The new MacBook M1s seem too powerful (and expensive) for our needs, so I found this refurbished 2017 MacBook Air at a surprisingly good price. Delivery was four days earlier than promised (always a good first impression) and after updating the system to the latest version of macOS and the app I checked the case serial number and markings to make sure they delivered what they advertised... they did. The keyboard and touchpad work great, and even without the latest-gen display, the brightness and clarity are excellent. The system works quickly and smoothly (so far), and the only sign it's not a new device is a V-shaped scratch on the back of the coin-sized case (pictured above). I don't spend much time looking at the back of a laptop, and neither does the person who ends up enjoying their new (refurbished) MacBook. (If there are no problems in the future and it continues to work just as well, I might just buy one if the prices stay that attractive...) Important note: The available free hard drive space is actually half the amount listed in the Revain description. It has a 256GB SSD, but 128GB of it is reserved for the system image and installation partition. So if you need 500GB of storage, buy one with a terabyte drive.